Hull City extended their unbeaten run on Saturday with a hard-fought 2-2 draw at Aston Villa at Villa Park.

The Tigers have now gone ten games without defeat in the Championship, a run that has seen them move up from the relegation battle to eighth in the division.

But City aren't the only team unbeaten in ten with Bristol City challenging Nigel Adkins' side for the mantle of the Championship's most in-form team.

Here, William Jackson looks at the big winners and losers from the weekend just gone.

Three up

Jarrod Bowen

Predictably it was Jarrod Bowen who opened the scoring for the Tigers, as he has done in three of his last four Championship outings.

Fresh from scoring a brace against Sheffield Wednesday last week, Bowen took 27 minutes to find the back of the net once more with his 14th of the season and he took it so sweetly.

Holding his ground on the edge of the area, Bowen was in the right place at the right time to fire Neil Taylor’s attempted clearance beyond Lovre Kalinic with conviction.

In truth, with City proving second best after the interval, goalscoring opportunities proved few and far between for Bowen on Saturday, but just as he did in his previous appearance at Villa Park at the start of last season, the winger took his chance.

Bowen now sits level with Lewis Grabban, Dwight Gayle and Kemar Roofe in the league’s scoring charts, but after 10 goals in his last nine games, just four players have scored more than Bowen in the second tier.

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Aston Villa v Hull City

Todd Kane

Todd Kane hasn’t always been in the side this season but he has made the right-back spot his own over the last month, edging out the ever-reliable Eric Lichaj.

Lichaj missed most of December through an injury picked up in the 3-2 win over QPR and in his absence Kane has more than stepped up to the plate and he was on top form once more on Saturday.

Kane was given a tough task at Villa Park, defending against the very capable Yannick Bolasie, but he nullified his threat well before keeping substitute Andre Green quiet, too.

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However, despite having his hands full defensively, Kane consistently got up the pitch in support of Jarrod Bowen and his balls into the area did prove a threat.

Lichaj is fully fit now and came off the bench in the dying embers of the fixture in the Second City, but while the Chelsea loanee is in such form, he would every right to feel hard done by should a change be made at Ewood Park next weekend.

Todd Kane of Hull City (Image: Focus)

Bristol City

Hull City extended their unbeaten run to 10 games with the draw at Villa, but they aren’t the only club in the Championship not to have lost since November

Bristol City’s 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday ensured the Robins are also on a ten-game unbeaten run and having climbed from midtable obscurity, they now sit just two points behind Derby County in seventh.

While much has been made of the Tigers’ form, Bristol appear the most likely to crack the top six first and after falling away at the end of last season, it seems Lee Johnson’s side are timing their run to perfection.

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Three down

Jordy de Wijs

Alongside Reece Burke, Jordy de Wijs has been forced to step up since the departure of Tommy Elphick and together they have certainly done that.

The pair kept three clean sheets in a row prior to the trip to Villa Park and went 45 minutes without shipping a goal against Dean Smith’s side, surpassing 300 minutes of football.

Jordy de Wijs of Hull City following defeat to Nottingham Forest (Image: Focus)

However, when de Wijs picked up a calf injury and was subsequently replaced by Robbie McKenzie just before the interval, City’s resolve broke almost immediately with James Chester giving Villa a lifeline.

De Wijs isn’t expected to be on the sidelines for long, with a period of two weeks being touted for his recovery, but his absence will be felt.

Chris Martin

The striker was rewarded for his fine performance against Sheffield Wednesday a week prior with a spot in the side over Fraizer Campbell, but couldn’t justify his selection with a goal.